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Sherry Cormier
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Sherry Cormier, PhD is a licensed psychologist and certified bereavement trauma specialist. She is the author of Counseling Strategies and Interventions for Professional Helpers, the co-author of Interviewing and Change Strategies for Helpers. Her newest book is Sweet Sorrow: Finding Enduring Wholeness after Loss and Grief.
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SWEET SORROW: The Yin and Yang of life and loss

Sherry Cormier·July 30, 2019
I was a wife, daughter, sister, mother and grandparent. Now, a decade later, these identities have been reduced to Mom...
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MINDFULLY DEALING WITH LOSS AND GRIEF: 4 strategies for becoming whole

Sherry Cormier·November 28, 2018
As a psychologist and bereavement trauma specialist, I know many people who have struggled mightily to cope with loss and...
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